CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY ...... i 



Geography and History . . . .4 and 6 



II. SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS LILIUM .... 9 



III. DESCRIPTIVE AND CULTURAL NOTES OF SPECIES AND VARIETIES u 



IV. HYBRID LILIES ...... 47 



V. LILIES IN THE OPEN AIR GARDEN . . . 53 



VI. LILIES IN ROCK GARDENS ..... 60 



VII. PLANTING LILIES . . . . . .61 



VIII. BEST TIME TO BUY LILIES . . 65 



IX. PROPAGATION OF LILIES ..... 67 



X. TIME OF FLOWERING ..... 70 



XI. THE DURATION OF LILY FLOWERS . . . -73 



XII. POT CULTURE OF LILIES . . . . .76 



XIII. RETARDED LILIES ...... 85 



XIV. DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS .... 87 

 XV. INDEX TO SPECIES, VARIETIES, AND SYNONYMS , . 91 



